A Massive Dildo Protest Is About to Erupt on the University of Texas Campus

4,500 of them will be distributed in protest of the controversial campus carry law.

Twitter/CocksNotGlocks

By
Fernando Ramirez

Aug 24, 2016

On Wednesday, 4,500 dildos will be distributed on the University of Texas at Austin campus in protest of the controversial campus carry law.

The campus carry law took effect on Aug. 1, 2016 and allows students and staff with concealed carry licenses to bring firearms to campus.

"CocksNotGlocks" reads the twitter handle of Ana López, a UT sophomore organizing the rally. She and Jessica Jin, a UT alumna, say they are hoping to fight "absurdity with absurdity."

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"I want this movement to be taken seriously," Lopez told the Austin American-Statesman. "It's hard for the props not to overshadow the message. The Texas Legislature is trying to normalize gun culture. We're trying to normalize sex culture. This is something that is completely harmless and represents part of the male anatomy."

"We are viewing this as a free speech issue," a UT spokesperson told the Statesman. "Students have a right to express themselves. This appears to be protected political speech."

Political speech and shock value are staples to First Amendment law.

"The Supreme Court has held that protesters have a constitutional right to make their point by displaying many upsetting things, including swastikas, burning American flags, and even flaming crosses of the type used by the KKK," a law school professor from George Washington University wrote on HoustonChronicle.com in November. "Other courts have upheld the right of women to bare their breasts as part of a protest."

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On the protesters' Facebook page, many seem to agree. 10,000 students have signed up to attend the rally.

But this is not the first time sex toys and political speech have mingled. In recent years, sex toys have claimed the spotlight as one of the most interesting political motivators.

In January, the militia leaders in Oregon who occupied a national wildlife refuge received copious amounts of sex toys ashate mail.

"The narratives surrounding sexuality (or just dildos, in this case) and guns are more intertwined than one would expect, and more similarities seem to unfold every minute," Jessica Jin told the Houston Chronicle. "They each have the power to instantly masculate or emasculate at a moment's notice. Some shootings in this past year can even be traced straight back to sexual repression. Dildos and guns are in it together for the long haul."